Fine Books & Manuscripts, and the Dornish Collection of Children's Book Art
Thu, Jan 16, 2025 12:00PM EST
Live Auction
Lot 273
HALLWARD, Reginald Francis (1848-1948). Flowers of Paradise...
Estimate: $200 - $300
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HALLWARD, Reginald Francis (1848-1948). Flowers of Paradise. London: Macmillan & Co., [ca. 1889]. Folio. Illustrated in color and red and white throughout. 39 pp. Publisher?s pictorial boards (binding worn, toned, hinges starting, text mildly toned and foxed). Good. FIRST EDITION. Handsome Pre-Raphaelite style illustrations. Hallward was a glassmaker as well as an artist and well-regarded in his day. He was a friend of Oscar Wilde?s, and allegedly gave Wilde the idea for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890).
